Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Early voting at libraries ended October 31 but you can still vote early at the Election Office (or go to your polling place on Election Day)

by MediaPhile@evpl on Friday, October 31 2008, 9:18am

Friday, October 31 was the last opportunity for early voting at the Vanderburgh County Libraries! However, early voting for all Vanderburgh County residents continues at the Election Office in Room 214 of the City County Building through Monday, November...

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LibGuides from HowStuffWorks

by seeker@evpl on Friday, October 3 2008, 1:29pm

I've always been a sucker for dropping by HowStuffWorks to see entertaining how-to's. After all, you never know when you might be called upon to build a straw bale house or explain to your 7-year-old how a Star Wars light saber appears to be real...

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Catalog Your Personal Book Collection Online

by HoodooVoodoo@evpl on Tuesday, October 7 2008, 12:46pm

If many of you out there are like me, you have hundreds of books sitting on your bookshelf at home in a certain order that only you can keep organized (to a point). Personally, I shelf mine chronologically by author according to genre, but I am very OCD...

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AquaBrowser to be discontinued on Monday, October 27

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Monday, October 20 2008, 2:15pm

AquaBrowser, an alternative interface for searching our online catalog, will be discontinued on Monday, October 27. At that time, the Classic Catalog will be the only way to search our catalog. We'll soon be implementing a new search interface in...

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Filed under: maintenance, fyi, evpl.org, evpl.org, maintenance, fyi

Early Voting begins today

by myzticrhythmz@evpl on Tuesday, October 14 2008, 9:28am

Beginning today and running through October 31, Vanderburgh County residents may vote early at several of our EVPL locations: Central Library, McCollough Branch, North Park Branch, Oaklyn Branch, and Red Bank Branch. The hours are Monday through Thursday...

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America’s Bank Crisis –Quick Information Links

by seeker@evpl on Saturday, October 4 2008, 11:08am

I just had a question from a person who wanted some quick Internet sites to follow the recent bill, " Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 " that was approved by the Senate October 1, the House October 3, and signed into law by the President...

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Early Voting On Saturday!

by Bufkinite@evpl on Thursday, October 23 2008, 3:57pm

An earlier post to this blog about early voting must've helped to get the message out, because the turnout has just been phenomenal! Still, a number of people coming to the Information Desk at Central Library have asked if there is a place to do early...

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Find out if you are registered to vote -- as well as your polling place

by MediaPhile@evpl on Friday, October 24 2008, 4:23pm

If you're not sure that you're registered to vote, or you want to double check the location of your Election Day polling place, go to the Indiana Statewide Voter Registration System . Click on "Voter Registration" and you will be asked...

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America's Top Doctors

by T-ref@evpl on Saturday, October 25 2008, 10:24am

Central Library Reference has several directories to identify physicians and their specialties: America's Top Doctors is a guide to doctors recognized by their peers for their excellence in providing care for specific diseases and problems, organized...

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Find an address by clicking a map

by googler@evpl on Saturday, October 25 2008, 9:37am

This resource allows you to enter a city name or zip code, then on the subsequent map, get the mailing address of any point on that map. The number of ways that various websites use Google maps is really incredible. There are blogs devoted to sharing...

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Instructional videos in plain English

by googler@evpl on Monday, October 6 2008, 1:32pm

Common Craft is a company that produces instructional videos, and makes some of them available free on the web. Many of the videos explain different aspects of the social, collaborative web (such as Twitter, wikis, and podcasting), but their most recent...

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Legal Aid

by T-ref@evpl on Tuesday, October 7 2008, 9:50am

In Legal Reference at Central Library we have a display featuring many brochures prepared by Indiana Legal Services, Inc . which provides representation and advice in family law, consumer law, senior law, housing issues and public benefits. We also have...

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Battening down your financial hatches

by googler@evpl on Wednesday, October 1 2008, 9:37am

Lifehacker has a good article on making sure you're in the best shape possible for any economic downturn. They recommend making sure your savings are FDIC insured, continuing to reduce your debt, not panicking about your investments, and recession...

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Filed under: blogs, current events, personal finance

Get inspired to vote: American history art exhibition at Louisville museum

by banksoftheohio@evpl on Wednesday, October 1 2008, 4:49pm

Based on this Courier-Journal review by Louisville attorney Richard Clay, I'm going to take a break from incessant TV election campaigning and get truly inspired to vote by visiting the Speed Art Museum . "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness...

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Investment Newsletters

by T-ref@evpl on Wednesday, October 1 2008, 8:03pm

The Kiplinger Letter and it's supplement Kiplinger's Personal Finance Adviser offer timely, trusted personal finance advice and business forecasts. EVPL subscribes to these investment newsletters as well as Standard & Poor's Outlook :...

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Filed under: outlook, moneypaper, newsletters, kiplinger, investment

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